Cycling: Finance

Mr. Hunt
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding has been allocated to support (a) individual cyclists and (b) the British Cycling Federation from (i) the National Lottery and (ii) his Department as grant-in-aid in each year since 1997.

Mr. Sutcliffe
Funding in support of British Cyclists and the British Cycling Federation is provided by Sport England and UK Sport. Sport England and UK Sport have advised that detailed breakdowns of funding for individual athletes could be provided only at disproportionate cost, but they have provided figures for overall grants in each year since 1997 as follows:

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|         |Lottery                      |Exchequer            |
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|         |World Class Programme Funding|One Stop Plan Funding|Everyday Cycling Programme|Club and Coach Programme|Development Funding|PE and School Sport for Young People|National Sports Foundation|
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|1997-98  |19,679                       |0                    |0|0|No record|0|0|
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|1998-99  |0                            |0                    |0|0|159,000|0|0|
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|1999-2000|385,360                      |0                    |0|0|276,000|0|0|
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|2000-01  |13,729,927                   |0                    |0|0|270,000|0|0|
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|2001-02  |1,885,877                    |0                    |0|0|270,000|0|0|
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|2002-03  |4,217,719                    |0                    |0|0|277,500|0|0|
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|2003-04  |672,110                      |200,000              |0|0|207,350|0|0|
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|2004-05  |6,589                        |75,000               |0|0|270,000|90,000|0|
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|2005-06  |5,000                        |2,915,000            |0|0|0|95,000|0|
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|2006-07  |0                            |4,176,000            |0|0|0|122,500|314,762|
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|2007-08  |0                            |195,000              |250,000|2,138,032|0|122,500|112,500|
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|2008-09  |0                            |0                    |250,000|0|0|117,500|0|
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|£        |
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|         |Lottery|Exchequer|
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|         |NGB|APA|NGB|Total|
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|1997-98  |325,000|487,000|334,000|1,146,000|
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|1998-99  |711,000|765,000|393,000|1,869,000|
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|1999-2000|1,412,000|722,000|375,000|2,509,000|
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|2000-01  |1,546,000|895,000|0|2,441,000|
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|2001-02  |2,113,000|398,000|385,000|2,896,000|
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|2002-03  |1,306,000|420,000|440,000|2,166,000|
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|2003-04  |1,628,000|437,000|450,000,|2,515,000|
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|2004-05  |1,873,000|458,000|612,000|2,943,000|
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|2005-06  |0|553,000|2,632,000|3,185,000|
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|2006-07  |1,913,000|742,000|3,820,000|6,475,000|
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|2007-08  |1,636,000|969,000|4,208,000|6,813,000|
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|         |14,463,000|6,846,000|13,649,000|34,958,000|
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Additionally, in the financial year 2001-02 UK Sport allocated £37,486 of lottery funding to host the World Track Cycling Championships.